Wringer-supporter for wash-benches



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J. B. BRACKETT.

WRINGER SUPPORTER FOR WASH BENCH. 1110. 245,697. Patented Aug. 16,1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

JEFFERSON B. BBAGKETT, OF WALES, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND ABOHIE L. TALBOT, OF LEWISTON, MAINE.

WRlNGER-SUPPORTER FOR WASH-BENCHES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 245,697, dated August 16, 1881.

Application filed November 19, 1880.

To all whom tt may concern:

Be it known that I, JEFFERSON B. BRACK- ETT, of Wales, ofthe county of Androscoggin and State of Maine, have invented a new and useful Improvement. in \Vringer-Supporters i'or W'ash-Benches; and I do hereby declare the same to be described in the following specilication, and represented in the accompanying drawings, of which- Io Figure l is a side eleva-tion, and Fig. 2 a.

transverse section, ot' a wash-bench and its adjustable wringer-supporter containing my iniprovemeiit.

In carrying ont inyiiivention I combine with I5 the bench a wringer-supporter having devices or means of enablingit to he moved lengthwise of the bench, and fixed or clamped in position thereoii,as occasion may require; and,fnrther more, I construct the said wringer-su]ipoi'ter with one of its standards jointed to the top rail, such being to facilitate the adaptation of tliesuppoi ter to, or its removal from, the bench.

In the drawings, A denotes a folding washbench, of which a a are its two outermost top bars, and B the wringer supporter, this latter being composed mainly of two vertical standards, b b', and a top rail, c, arranged as represented. This top rail is firmly secured to one of the standards andjoiiited to the other, the 3o joint-pin being shown at d, the same being so as to enable one standard to be moved away from or toward the other.

A plate, f, bent at a right angle, is fastened to each ot' the standards atits lower parts and on its outer side, and provided, as shown, with two clamp-screws, g, which screw vertically through its horizontal portions, extending underneath one of the top bars, a. The standards at their lower ends rest on the said bars a a. y

From the above itwill be seen that by means of the clamp-plates and screws the two standards may be fastened tothe top rails of the (No model.)

bench, which may be effected by screwing up the screws against the lower sides of such rails. On loosening the screws the whole wiingersupporter may be slid along on the bench, so

as to bring the said supporter at the middle,

or nearer to one end than tothe other of such bench, as circumstances may require, it being 5o sometimes inconvenient to have the supporter permanently iixed to the bench, either at the middle or near one end of suoli bench. By having one of the standards jointed to the top rail the standard may be so moved relatively lo its fellow as to adinitof the two beinginoved laterally either into or out ot' engagement with the top bars, a a., of the bench. Each clamp plate may have to it one or more clampingscrews, one being generally sufficient.

The top rail, c, is provided with a series of holes, as shown at k, such being to receive the joint-pin and to admit of the adjustment of the standard nearer to or farther from its fellow,

in order to adapt the supporter to benches varying in their widths.

I do not claim a wringer-bench having the sustaining-standards of its wringersupporting cross bar tenoned or fixed to the bench so as to be incapable of adjustment lengthwise of 7o the bench.

That I claim as myinvention is as follows, viz

The wriiiger-supporter, substantially as described, consisting of the two standards and their clamping devices at tlieirlower ends, and of the top-.rail permanently fastened to one ot' the standards andjoiiited or connected to the other, as set forth, so as to admit of the latter standard being moved relatively to the former, 8o essentially as and for the purpose specied.

JEFFERSON B. BRAGKETT.

Witnesses:

R. H. EDDY, E. B. PRATT. 

